Category: Social Movements
Artful Defiance: Myanmar’s Creative Resistance
by Anisa | Nov 22, 2023 | Feature, Mekong Region, Social Movements | 0
In 2021, Myanmar faced one of its darkest periods in history. Despite prior steps towards...
Read MoreLearning from Herstories and Histories; Shaping Futures
by Anisa | Aug 20, 2023 | Asia/World, Blog Post, Event, Power and Democracy, Social Movements | 0
The Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute (CUSRI) and Focus on the Global South...
Read More2023 Civil Society Mobilizations for the State of the Nation Address (SONA)
by Anisa | Jul 25, 2023 | 1Post Types, Philippines, Photo, Power and Democracy, Social Movements | 0
SONA Moblizations on 24 July 2023 along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City, Philippines. ...
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Ahead of President Bongbong Marcos’ State of the Nation Address (SONA) farmers raise doubts whether the recently signed new agrarian emancipation law that seeks to condone agrarian debts will indeed benefit farmers or favor instead landowners who have managed to regain control over agrarian lands. 21 July 2023. Quezon City. Photo by J. Purugganan
Emancipating Farmers, or Land Owners? The New Agrarian Emancipation Act needs a revalidation of ownership in agrarian lands
by Anisa | Jul 21, 2023 | Media Release, Philippines, Power and Democracy, Social Movements | 0
PRESS STATEMENT: Emancipating Farmers, or Land Owners? The New Agrarian Emancipation Act needs a...
Read MoreCivil Society under the Marcos-Duterte Administration
by Anisa | Jul 21, 2023 | Opinion/Analysis, Philippines, Power and Democracy, Social Movements | 0
By Joseph Purugganan [1] It is important to start by looking at a way to frame the relationship...
Read More[UPCOMING EVENT] Learning from Herstories and Histories; Shaping Futures
by Anisa | Jul 20, 2023 | Announcement, Asia/World, Event, Social Movements | 0
(ภาษาไทยด้านล่าง) In the occasion of our launch of new research collaboration project “A Peoples’...
Read More1SAMBUBUNGAN Statement on the Designation of IPs as Terrorists
by Anisa | Jul 14, 2023 | Alternative Regionalisms, Peace and Security, Philippines, Social Movements, Statement, The Commons | 0
Indigenous Peoples are under attack. Again. Using the Anti-Terror Law, the all-powerful...
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Mayor Joy Belmonte greets marchers at the Quezon City Pride March 2023. Photo from the facebook page of the Quezon City Government. https://www.facebook.com/QCGov/posts/pfbid02L5ogDw12QT2sv8arw6XrRmpkLD1eCcNKEiZQC2YZEsykYsfdrMdzqa2Zk2EWoF4kl
Pride 2023: Celebrations and Protests in the Philippines
by Anisa | Jul 7, 2023 | Feature, FOCUS Dispatch, Philippines, Social Movements, Women | 0
Pride 2023 in the Philippines was marked with simultaneous actions and events across the country,...
Read MoreStanding Up for Justice
by Anisa | Jul 5, 2023 | FOCUS Dispatch, Graphics, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Social Movements | 0
Artwork by Kyaw Linn Story by CDMer (Health Professional) The story is part of “Living the...
Read MoreSama-Sama: A Celebration of People’s Music from Asia
by Anisa | Jul 3, 2023 | Alternative Regionalisms, Asia/World, Blog Post, Event, Social Movements | 0
Written by: Anisa Widyasari Pictures provided by Asian Music for People’s Peace and Progress...
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Ms. Keo Vannak from Lor Peang village, Taches commune, Kampong Tralach district, Kampong Chhnang Province.
Voices from the International Women’s Day Celebration in Cambodia
by Anisa | Mar 31, 2023 | Blog Post, Cambodia, FOCUS Dispatch, Mekong Region, Social Movements, Women | 0
On March 8th, women around the world celebrated International Women’s Day, a day to...
Read MoreEmpowering Women in Rural Cambodia: Highlights from the International Women’s Day Celebration
by Anisa | Mar 31, 2023 | Blog Post, Cambodia, FOCUS Dispatch, Mekong Region, Social Movements, Women | 0
Around 150 people from six villages gathered in the Lorpeang and Pich Chengva communities in...
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